On Saturday, started out at 0600 from the State Ramp and fished the Dike area. There were none of the usual baitfishermen around. Wind was out of the Southeast at 10 mph. It was too rough to throw the Spook so I threw other Topwaters. A wave of Smallies came through at 0700 and 0800. The first wave I caught em good in the 2+ lb. range. The second wave was smaller, more like 1+ lbs. Topwater action shut down at 0900 so we moved on to Spinnler Point. Nothing going on there either. Had to get off the Lake by 1000 to do some work on the boat trailer. 7 Keepers..around 12 lbs. Not bad for 3 hrs. work.
On Sunday, started out at 0500 from Goose Pond Cove and fished the Points. Only caught 1 Smallie on Topwater. Barely a keeper. Little to no wind, sun rising. From there on to the other side of the Lake. This time no fish at all..no topwater and no below water action. So, my bro-in-law decided to tie on a small popper and use his fly rod. Sure enough, a Smallie (pictured above) came out of 6 ft. of water and absolutely hammered the popper. That was pretty much it for the morning so we got off the Lake at 0900. The Wave Runners and Wake Board boats were already stirring up the Lake.
Will be back to the Pack by the 4th of July to fish for 4 days straight. I hope the boat traffic and fireworks don't screw up the fishing. I can only hope for rain to keep em off the Lake. ha.
Fish ON! Rob
